Anthony, SkipCaptcha, Upload, Automoderated users, edit
2,183
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Line 21:
Line 21: − + + + Line 96:
Line 98: + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Completion of the Canon
2. But its listing choices can be politically motivated such as regarding [[Sennacherib]] (line 12) whom the authors simply chose not to even put on the list despite their dominance for eight years. In effect the author of ''the Canon'' said: "Now, the year 688 BC... who shall we attribute this year to? Ah, we are simply going to say that [[Babylon]] "without a king" for eight years as we didn't like him."
2. But its listing choices can be politically motivated such as regarding [[Sennacherib]] (line 12) whom the authors simply chose not to even put on the list despite their dominance for eight years. In effect the author of ''the Canon'' said: "Now, the year 688 BC... who shall we attribute this year to? Ah, we are simply going to say that [[Babylon]] "without a king" for eight years as we didn't like him."
3. The document while of immesurable value, must be taken with a large grain of salt as it is not a 'king list' as such, but rather what it always claimed to be: a record of Astronomical Events.
3. The years of reign can be rounded, but the number of years in rulership remains more accurate. For example: [[Nebuchadnezzar II]] is attributed as ruling from 604 to 562 BC, when in reality he reigned from August of 605 BC till his death which is attributed as the 7th of October 562 BC; Meanwhile ''Ptolemy's Canon'' records the 43 years as head of state, but rounds the years down to 42.
4. The document while of immesurable value and "the backbone" of the regions chronology, it must be taken with a large grain of salt as it is not a 'king list' as such, but rather what it always claimed to be: a record of Astronomical Events.
|-
|-
| 26 || [[Dareios the Second]] || [[Darius II Nothus]] || 19 || 423-405
| 26 || [[Dareios the Second]] || [[Darius II Nothus]] || 19 || 423-405
|-
| 27 || [[Artaxerxes the Second]] || [[Artaxerxes II Mnemon]] || 46 || 404-359
|-
| 28 || [[Ochos]] || [[Artaxerxes III Ochus]] || 21 || 358-338
|-
| 29 || [[Arogos]] || [[Artaxerxes IV Arses]] || 02 || 337-336
|-
| 30 || [[Dareios the Third]] || [[Darius III Codomannus]] || 04 || 335-332
|}
'''Kingdom of Alexander the Great'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| 31 || [[Alexandros the Macedonian]] || [[Alexander the Great]] || 08 || 331-324
|-
| 32 || [[Philippos]] || [[Philip III Arridaeus]] || 07 || 323-317
|-
| 33 || [[The other Alexandros]] || [[Alexander IV]] || 12 || 316-305
|}
|}
'''Kingdom of the Ptolemies in Egypt'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| 34 || [[Ptolemaios, son of Lagos]] || [[Ptolemy I Soter]] || 20 || 304-285
|-
| 35 || [[Philadelphos]] || [[Ptolemy II Philadelphus]] || 38 || 284-247
|-
| 36 || [[Philadelphos]] || [[Ptolemy III Euergetes]] || 25 || 246-222
|-
| 37 || [[Philopator]] || [[Ptolemy IV Philopator]] || 17 || 221-205
|-
| 38 || [[Epiphanes]] || [[Ptolemy V Epiphanes]] || 24 || 204-181
|-
| 39 || [[Philometor]] || [[Ptolemy VI Philometor]] || 35 || 180-146
|-
| 40 || [[Euergetes the Second]] || [[Ptolemy VIII Euergetes]] || 29 || 145-117
|-
| 41 || [[Soter]] || [[Ptolemy IX Soter]] || 36 || 116-81
|-
| 42 || [[Dionysos Neos]] || [[Ptolemy XII Auletes]] || 29 || 80-52
|-
| 43 || [[Kleopatra]] || [[Cleopatra VII Philopator]] || 11 || 51-30
|}
==External Links==
==External Links==